More workers involved in work stoppages in 2000

Two-thirds of the year's idled workers were involved in three major disputes. The largest stoppage in terms of workers idled involved 135,000 actors in commercials. The next largest involved 85,000 communication and electrical workers at Verizon Communications. The third largest was a one-day stoppage at Los Angeles County by 47,000 workers represented by the Service Employees International Union.